The Autonomous Inland and Short Sea Shipping Conference was established in 2019 as a yearly conference. The conference aims at the promotion of technical and scientific exchange between industry, academia and authorities in the fields of autonomous inland and short sea shipping, smart waterborne logistics and related subjects. Contributions related to autonomous shipping, on-board assistance systems, sensor technology, recognition, regulations, test areas, smart port systems, port automation, traffic planning, traffic simulation and optimisation, system control etc. are very welcome.